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Make Electronic Service authentication note available to Alma Analytics
Most of our authentication notes go into the Electronic Service authentication note field in Alma.
Currently it is not possible to report on this field in Alma Analytics.
Please Make Electronic Service authentication note available to Alma Analytics.
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Add separate fields in Analytics for valid (020 $a) and invalid (020 $z) ISBNs
At present Analytics displays all ISBNs recorded in a bib record in a single field, whether valid (020 $a), i.e. the true and accurate ISBN for the manifestation recorded, or invalid (020 $z), i.e. an incorrect ISBN or an ISBN for an alternative manifestation.
It would be useful to be able to search and display these separately (for matching using collection management tools, etc.).
77 votesThe ISBN valid and ISSN valid fields were added to Titles > Bibliographic IDs.
For MARC 21, ISBN valid contains only 020 subfield a and ISSN valid contains only 022 subfield a.
For UNIMARC, The ISBN valid contains only 010 subfield a and ISSN valid contains only 011 subfield a.For more information please see Alma December Release Notes
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Create 'View Analytics' role
Some of our library staff need to be able to view Analytics dashboards that we have set up for them in Alma but don't need to be able to do anything else in the system, so even a role such as 'Circulated Desk Operator - Limited' gives them options that they don't require. It would be useful to have a role available that allows staff to see the Analytics menu and the Reports section of that menu, but nothing or little else. That role could then be used as the basic role for making Analytics dashboards visible to staff, with…
65 votesCurrently, Alma allows analytics admin to share direct links of reports/dashboards with anyone in the user list.
For more details, please see here
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Add Proxy Users to "Users" subject area
Adding Proxy Users to analytics would allow us to search for users that are proxies to another user, and also users that have proxies for themselves.
This information isn't completely available within Alma, and it seems like an oversight that it's also unavailable in Analytics.
63 votesThe User Details subject area has been enhanced with the following improvements:
You can now create reports with fields from different folders as is possible in other subject areas.
The User Measures dimension was added, which contains measure fields relating to the number of users.
The following fields were added under the User Details dimension:
Cataloger Level – the cataloger level of the patron
Patron Letters Opt In – the letters for which the patron has opted in
Patron Letters Opt Out – the letters for which the patron has opted out
Has Role Other Than Patron – indicates if the patron has a role other than Patron
Has Role Other Than Patron and Instructor – indicates if the patron has a role other than Patron and Instructor
Is Blocked – indicates if the patron is blocked
The Proxy For dimension was added, which contains fields that indicate for whom… -
Add Access Model to PO Line reporting
PO Lines for Electronic Books contain a field, Access Model, which allows libraries to register the access arrangements we have, e.g. 1-users, 3-users, unlimited, etc.
This has the potential to be a very useful field, but it is not currently available when running reports for PO Line information in Alma Analytics.
Can it be added please?
Thanks
Wayne
62 votesThe Access Model field was added to the PO Line dimension in the Funds Expenditure, Physical Items, and Purchase Requests subject areas. It displays the public access model for the electronic resource.
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Add fund description to analytics Fund Expenditure Subject Area
We want to add Fund Description to our Budget Status report but in testing have noticed that the Alma Fund Type is stored in the Fund Description field (this is in the Fund Ledger Dimension) instead of the Fund Description setup in Alma. The Fund Type field in Analytics is being used to store if the fund is an Allocated, Ledger or Summary fund. We don't want to lose this Fund information (we need to know if a fund is allocated, ledger or summary) but since the Alma Fund Type is stored in the Analytics Fund Description field there seems…
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True anonymisation of user purge with "Keep statistics" option
When purging users, the option recommended to retain anonymised statistics is the "Keep statistics" option. However this option "anonymises" the statistics by moving the Primary ID into the Last Name field.
For us, and many other libraries, the Primary ID is a unique personal identifier associated with the student - it's even more identifiable than their name! So this does absolutely nothing to anonymise the statistics or to increase compliance with our Privacy Act.
We'd expect instead of using the Primary ID in this way, some random hex code should be generated (or at least use the Alma internal user…
43 votesA Keep Statistics and Remove Primary ID (Recommended) option is now available on the Delete User Policy page. The new option is selected by default for new customers.
When selecting the new option and purging a user record, the last name column is populated with an internal unique Alma ID instead of the Primary ID.
Additionally, if you select Keep Statistics and Remove Primary ID (Recommended) when the prior selection was Keep fully reportable or Keep statistics, a confirmation message is displayed to indicate that user records that were previously purged using the previously selected option will also be updated, and you are asked to confirm the choice. When you confirm, a new job updates the previously purged user records. -
Add "Electronic collection" subject area in analytics
I want to count the subscribed database collections for yearly statistics. However , it is found that only the collections with portfolios can be drawn in "E-Inventory" subject area. There is no way to draw the electronic collection statistics without portfolios so that I suggest to add a dedicated subject area.
38 votesAs of July release electronic collection usage is now included in usage statistics in the E-Inventory subject area.
For more information please see Alma July release notes:
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add the "public note" field to analytics
Hello,
adding the "public note" field to the "physical items" subject area ("physical items details" dimension) would be a great thing...36 votes -
Tableau access to Analytics (Alma & Primo)
Hi ExLibris
A number of institutions use Tableau (market leading BI platform) for Library Analytics
It would be awesome if ExLIbris would open/allow Alma & Primo Analytics to connect with Tableau (or other similar BI tools)
Currently Tableau can connect with Oracle BI (OBIEE) (which Alma/Primo Analytics use) but we need the connection
details and network access - refer documents below• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WKBtLB1W5o
• http://kb.tableau.com/articles/knowledgebase/tableau-and-obiee
• https://www.biconnector.com/ExLibris users: Please post in the comments below if you use Tableau - or if you use a similar tool for Library Analytics please post the details
Cheers
Justin Kelly
Swinburne31 votes -
Analytics Local Parameter mapping to Dublin Core fields
We can map MARC tags to Analytics Local Parameters up to 10 but not to Dublin Core fields. Please allow Local Parameter mapping to DC fields too.
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Please add Licensor Name to the PO Line Licens in the Funds Expenditure area in Alma Analyticse section anf Licensing Agent
Please add Licensor Name to the PO Line License in the Funds Expenditure area in Alma Analytics
This would help us report to our Finance Dept on all licensing parties associated with an order20 votesThe following fields were added to Funds Expenditure > PO License:
Licensor Name
Licensing Agent NameFor more information please see the Alma December Release notes
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Add Counter5 - IR_A1 - Journal Article Requests to Alma/Analytics
We suggest to add a support to the report Counter5 - IR_A1 - Journal Article Requests.
We want to be able to harvest it via Sushi and also to be able to build reports in Analytics based on it.17 votesIn December 2020, Alma introduced support for SUSHI harvesting of multimedia reports, IR_A1 included.
Alma product management team.
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Restrict access to analytics objects via role AND scope
When a staff member provides access to an analytics object and adds a role via "add role" there is no option to add a scope to a role. For example when editing an analytics object such as a report and the staff member adds role "physical inventory operator extended" there is no way to see "only if physical inventory operator extended has scope law library". When a staff member is editing an analytics object such as a report and adds a role via "add from profile" Alma will look only at the roles in the profile and not the scope.…
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Retain Statistical Identifiers
Right now when you have all the Anonymization jobs set to run, only four elements remain in a checkout history of an item related to the patron details: User Group, Job Category, Record Type, and Account Type.
This makes the use of the Statistical identifiers not very effective to measuring checkout usage with them. We have them currently set to be the user's major/department. We would like to know usage by major/department, but cannot get this information with Anonymization jobs turned on.
Any chance the Statistical Identifiers could also remain in the loan history in Analytics.
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Include Brief Levels in Analytics
Our library uses Brief Levels to initially 'sort' newly received print materials, primarily those with records that come via our import profiles.
We'd like to be able to get regular reports and statistics that count how many records were assigned each Brief Level so that we can determine the general quality of records as well as make decisions surrounding whether our Brief Level rules need to be adjusted.
Currently, we can only search Brief Levels using the Repository Search, but it can be cumbersome to do it for each individual brief level for every import.
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Add Bibliographic Rank to Alma analytics
We're finding the new Bibliographic Rank very useful and can find record with particular rankings via Alma advanced search but it would be better if we could query this score using Alma analytics.
Are there any plans to add this area to analytics?
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Add timestamp to all date related dimensions in analytics
Some areas in analytics only have date stamps instead of date+time stamps, so reporting on for example, Events from analytics will only ever bring back the date the event occurred and not the date+time required for auditing.
We'd like all dimension datestamps to have a version of the timestamp which includes the date+time so that they are useful in working out when a transaction occurred and not just the date it happened. This is good for consistency across analytics data as well.
12 votesThis idea may now closed.
This idea was originally entered in 2015.
Since 2015 we have made clear distinctions between the “date” which includes the date and time and the “date” which is only the date.
The “date” which is only the date ends with suffix “(Calendar)”.
For example, in the E-Inventory subject area the folder “Portfolio PO Line” includes both a field “Claiming Date” and a field “Claiming Date (Calendar)”
Additionally, in the new “System Events” subject area “Event Date” folder includes two fields: “Event Date” and “Event Date and Time”.
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In analytics, add usage data to the E-Inventory subject area
Now that counter usage is more fully available via Analytics (thank you!), it would be useful to have the following measures available in the E-Inventory subject area: Journal Usage (JR1), Whole Book Usage (BR1), Partial Book Usage (BR2), Media Usage (MR1).
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po line notes
For the PO Line area, I would like to see the Notes. Right now only the Receiving Note and the Note to vendor are visible in Analytics, but I need the Notes cause we have stored a lot of additional information in the Notes
9 votesThe PO Line Notes field was added to the PO Line dimension in the following locations. It contains the notes on the PO line. Multiple notes are separated by a semicolon.
E-Inventory
Funds Expenditure
Physical Items
Purchase RequestsFor more information please see Alma December Release Notes:
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/2021/Alma_2021_Release_Notes
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